Species identification of rhinoceros horns using the cytochrome b gene

Forensic Science International

Volumn 136, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 1-11

  Hsieh, Hsing Mei ^a   Huang, Li Hung ^a   Tsai, Li Chin ^a   Kuo, Yi Chen ^a   Meng, Hsien Huei ^a   Linacre, Adrian ^b   Lee, James Chun I ^a  

^a CENTRAL POLICE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytochrome b gene; Phylogenetic study; Rhinoceros; Species identification

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B;

ANIMAL PRODUCT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CYTOCHROME B GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISTANCE; HORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERISSODACTYLA; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOCEROS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 0041826762     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(03)00251-2     Document Type: Article

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